The Republic of Bagaryster is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 10.277 billion Bagarysterians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 45.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Bagarysterian economy, worth 94.9 trillion rubledollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,238 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bagaryster's national animal is the hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Bagaryster is ranked 267,754^th in the world and 3,757^th in The catholic military orders for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -7.75 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.